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Harvard Graduate Students Union UAw Local 5118 | a union of student workers at Harvard University

HGSU-UAW In the Press

Harvard Magazine
October 16, 2026Graduate Student Union Schedules Strike
 Inside Higher Ed
October 05, 2026Labor Watch: Strikes Begin to Simmer While Contracts Remain Stalled
 US News
August 31, 2026Why Grad Students Are Striking for Higher Pay
 The Nation
August 03, 2026The Graduate Students Taking on the World’s Richest University
 MassLive
June 02, 2026Harvard graduate students end 40-day strike. Here’s why
 Forbes
June 02, 2026Harvard Graduate Students Union Ends Its Historic 40-Day Strike
 Boston Globe
June 01, 2026Harvard graduate student strike ends without a new contract
 Cambridge Day
May 28, 2026MIT grad students rally on commencement day, Harvard students picket
 Inside Higher Ed
May 27, 2026 Boston Mayor withdraws from Harvard Law Commencement amid grad student strike
WBUR
May 27, 2026 Wu cancels speech to Harvard Law graduates as grad workers picket commencement
Axios
May 27, 2026 Wu cancels Harvard Law speech amid grad student strike
Boston Herald
May 27, 2026 Boston Mayor Wu cancels Harvard Class Day speech after failing to reach deal with striking student union
In These Times
May 27, 2026 A conversation with graduate student workers on strike at Harvard
Harvard Magazine
May 27, 2026 Michelle Wu withdraws as law school speaker
Boston.com
May 27, 2026 Wu cancels Harvard speaking engagement rather than cross grad-student picket line
WBZ NewsRadio
May 27, 2026 Mayor Wu withdraws from Harvard Law School class day ceremony
MassLive
May 27, 2026 Mayor Wu drops Harvard Class Day speech to honor grad student strike
Boston Globe
May 27, 2026 Wu made ‘repeated efforts’ to compromise with striking Harvard graduate students before cancelling Law School speech
Cambridge Day
May 23, 2026 Lesley faculty ratify contract; Harvard, MIT unions feel stalled
Working People
May 12, 2026 Amid Trump attacks and Epstein scandals, 4,000 graduate students strike at Harvard University
Above the Law
May 6, 2026 Harvard Law Students Support Striking Grad Students
Chronicle of Higher Education
April 28, 2026 Grad-student unions are demanding colleges help protect students from deportation
Inside Higher Ed
April 28, 2026 Harvard grad student workers go on strike
Christian Science Monitor
April 25, 2026 Already pressured by Trump, Harvard faces grad student workers strike
Harvard Magazine
April 24, 2026 Harvard graduate student workers strike
Cambridge Day
April 24, 2026 Harvard graduate students strike continues
Nature
April 23, 2026 Thousands of Harvard graduate students strike — bringing research to a halt
WBZ NewsRadio
April 23, 2026 Harvard grad student union enters third day of strike over pay and benefits
Bloomberg
April 22, 2026 Harvard students’ union starts strike seeking $55,000 pay
Boston Globe
April 21, 2026 On the picket lines at Harvard, graduate students launch strike with leaflets — and lots of doughnuts
WBUR
April 21, 2026 Harvard graduate students picket as union goes on strike
Boston 25
April 21, 2026 Thousands of Harvard University graduate students go on strike
MassLive
April 21, 2026 Harvard graduate students begin indefinite strike, halting teaching and research
GBH
April 21, 2026 Harvard graduate student union strikes as negotiations hit a wall
Boston Globe
April 20, 2026 Up to 4,000 graduate students at Harvard are poised to strike Tuesday

Harvard Crimson Coverage

October 19, 2026Graduate Student Union Sets Second Strike for October 27 If Negotiations Fail
October 15, 2026Op-Ed: It’s Our Turn To Support HGSU
September 23, 2026Grad Students, Academic Workers Rally at Science Center as HGSU-UAW Sets Strike Authorization Vote
May 27, 2026A Month Without TFs: How HGSU-UAW’s Strike Reshaped the End of the Spring Semester
May 26, 2026Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Withdraws as HLS Class Day Speaker After Union Urges Her Not to Cross Picket Line
May 25, 2026 HGSU-UAW Strike Becomes Longest in Union History as Harvard Holds Firm at Bargaining Table
May 11, 2026 Grad Students Rally Outside Garber’s Home as Strike Enters Third Week
May 8, 2026 How Undergraduate Course Assistants Weigh Joining the Picket Line
May 5, 2026 Roughly 200 Harvard Law Students Sign Letters Backing Graduate Student Strike
April 29, 2026 In Photos: First Week of the HGSU Strike
April 29, 2026 Op-Ed: To Keep ICE off campus, Harvard must listen to its grad students
April 29, 2026 ‘I’ve now memorized all of the chants’: freshmen report noise, study disruptions from strike
April 28, 2026 Harvard raises wage offer, expands benefits as grad student strike enters second week
April 27, 2026 Op-Ed: Don’t cross the picket line, join it
April 24, 2026 Editorial Board: In support of the graduate workers strike
April 23, 2026 Live: Harvard’s graduate workers strike as negotiations stall
April 21, 2026 Op-Ed: Why we strike

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